talksting a new range of -- in your talks with vladimir putin, did you feel anything was changing? is there any reason to feel optimistic? hopeellor merkel: we that's we held this meeting because the french president has not been in office for that long. i called previously the ukrainian presidents of you doesn't get the impression if we were talking in the absence of -- on issues that were important to them. we will continue this process. obviously, it is a very slow process. there's been setbacks. we didn't gloss this over. we wanted to find an appointment for a telephone call. the four of us with ukrainians. there's no other format. we didn't gloss this over. >> chancellor, on president trump, how would you assess his contributions to the discussions? the repeaters which caused a bit of confusion when ivanka trump was sitting there in the room with you and other heads of state. can you explain how that occurred and what you thought about it? chancellor merkel: the delegations themselves decide should the president not be present for a meeting who would then take over. ivanka tru

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talkst, brian howard about the preservation of a nearly 200-year-old carriage used by general lafayette during that tour. the studebaker national museum hosted this program. it is about one hour. >> our feature presenter today has been a friend of the iseum's for 25 years when first came to the museum in 1999, there was a report on my the first drawn vehicle -- the horse-drawn vehicle collection. companyrian howard's that undertook the conservation of our national treasures under the grant in 2005. you see his work in eight vehicles with our presidential carriages collection, most notable the lincoln carriage. he is here tonight to talk about another american history figure. .arquis de lafayette he has worked on everything from presidential carriages to military cannons to a strange hybrid horse-drawn motorcar that was going to service and alaska lodging establishment. keep that in mind in cases presentation goes over an hour. without further do, i would like to welcome mr. brian howard to the stage to talk about marquis de lafayette. brian: this concludes my program. we will see you la

talkst, brian howard about the preservation of a nearly 200-year-old carriage used by general lafayette during that tour. the studebaker national museum hosted this program. it is about one hour. >> our feature presenter today has been a friend of the iseum's for 25 years when first came to the museum in 1999, there was a report on my the first drawn vehicle -- the horse-drawn vehicle collection. companyrian howard's that undertook the conservation of our national treasures